PD 96 - PN-III-P1-1.1-PD-2019-1246

Acronym: VART

The postdoctoral research project aims at scientific investigation, digitization, reconstruction and promotion of the ornamental Dacian shields using virtual reality and augmented reality techniques. This research will have an important impact both in the field of cultural heritage and in the field of digital restoration of cultural heritage assets. The research within this project follows the direction of research specific to the cultural heritage recommended by the European Commission, namely, to use modern digitization solutions to acquire detailed 3D models of each individual detail. The digitization methodology in 3D format will ensure a very good accuracy fact that will allow to identify the similarities between the ornaments of this type, in addition the 3D scanning realized within the project and the database of the ornaments related to the Dacian shields of the parade will allow to 3D reconstruction of the two stolen shields from the archaeological site of Piatra Roșie, which are still being searched by INTERPOL. This scientific comparison from the point of view of the digitized details in 3D format will allow to identify the ornate shields that were created in the same workshop and that used the same stamps. The dissemination within the project will be done through the development of an interactive virtual reality application compatible with HTC Vive and an augmented reality one that will be distributed free of charge directly on the web platform of the research project page. The digital applications are aimed at raising awareness regarding the current status of the Dacian ornamental shields.

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Project objectives

The objective of the project is to digitally restore the ornamental Dacian shields using reverse engineering techniques and methods. The project involves the use of virtual reality and augmented reality applications to promote and capitalize on these artifacts with the general public.

Project results

The estimated results of the project are the following:

the data sets obtained by 3D scanning of the available ornamental shields;
creation of a database that will contain each individual ornament of 3D scanned shields;
3D reconstruction of the two ornamental shields stolen from the site of Piatra Rosie;
3D reconstruction of all known Dacian ornamental shields in their original state - without rust, bent or missing fragments;
development of a virtual reality application that will allow the manipulation of the 3D models of the shields;
development of an augmented reality application that will allow the display of additional information in the context with the dacian shields (additional information in the form of text, image, audio files, video files) that will be compatible with phones and tablets;
development of an augmented reality application compatible with augmented reality glasses;
development of the project web page that will contain the database with all the scanned 3D ornaments;
two WoS indexed scientific papers;
two ERIH Plus indexed scientific papers;
participation in an international conference;